Fabric.



E. H. OUTERBRIDGE.

FABRIC.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1908.

931,469. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

WITNESSES INVENTOB? EUGENI'US H. OUTERBRIDGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed June 22, 1908. Serial No. 439,659.

' T 0 all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENIUS H. OUTER- BR DGn, a citizen of the United States, and resldent of the borough of Manhattan, city,

county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabrics, of which the following is a specificatlon. Y

My invention relates to an improvement in fabrics and particularly wovenfabrics for the urpose of giving them the appearance of leat ier, or of finely-finished woolen cloth. To obtain this I employ a process which, briefly, consists in producing a nap on the fabric and then applying a glutinous coating on the napped surfaceof the fabric.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two forms of fabric produced according to my invention, Figures 1 and 3 being sectional views, and Fig. 2, a face view of the fabric shown in Fig. 1.

To make the fabric shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I take a suitably woven fabric, such as canvas, andproduce a short nap a on one side thereof, by means of a suitable machine, then I apply to the napped side a coating 6 of a glutinous substance, but only in sufficient amount to lay the nap without entirely covering the free ends of the napped fibers, so that the weave of the fabric will 'beconcealed as shown in, Fig. 2 This 'ves the fabric an appearance of split eather.

.in' any" suitable manner, for instance air dried. This oil may be used alone insome cases, but it will generally be preferable to mix-it with a suitable pigment so that the color of the glutinous substance may be ractically the same as that of the fabric. nstead of boiled linseed-oil I may however use any other suitable substance, as a solution of soluble cotton, or a-glue solution.

If desired the fabric may be na ped on both sides and receive a coating of the character above described in an amount suflicient only to lay the napping. In this case is napped its Weave is clearly visible.

On the other side of the fabric I- employ a thicker coating 1) of a glossv char.-

.both sides will look like split leather. I may also, as shown in Fig. 3, apply to the napped side of the fabric, a coating :3 sufficient not only to lay the napping, but to cover it completely and form a glossy surface on it. I find that in applying such a coating to the napped fabric the connection of the coating with the fabric is a much more secure one and the cracking of the glu-.v

tinous coating is prevented by the fact that the napped fibers extend into it and hold it throughout. Furthermore, and this is even more important, the napping of the fabric in this case forms a cushion which prevents the cracking of the coating,.by relieving the strain under which the weave tends to part or'open when the fabricis bent or folded. This glossy complete coating or covering of a napped fabric may be applied only at one side as in Fig. 3,-or if desired the same treat-- ment may be applied to both sides of the fabric, or both sides of the fabric may be nap ed and one of them receive a compara .tive y thick coating such as b While the other would receive only a coating sufficient to lay the napping without rendering it invisible (such as the coating of Fig. 1).

It will be understood that before the fabrIic the napped fabric the Weave is almost invisible on the napped side and when the thin glutinous coating is applied the weaveisno longer visible, but the -napped fibers are, thus giving the surface the appearance of split leather (Fi 2'). When the glutinous coating is of. suc 1 thickness that it entirely covers and conceals the nap ed fibers, then the appearance of finished g ossy leather is obtained. 5

To the lutinous substance employed on the napped side of the fabric I may add a suitable coloring matter and this I add particularly when applying my invention to any fabric that can be napped to simulate a woolen cloth. In this case the coloring matter added to the glutinous substance would be of the same shade as the under-V 7 V lyin cloth, so that a very good imitation of woolen cloth would be produced. fabrics could be em loyed as carriage cloths for tops of automo. iles and other vehicles.

I claim:

1. The herein described improvement in the manufacture of fabrics, which consists in napping the surface of the fabric, and then applying a glutinous coating to the napped Such surface in a quantity sufficient to lay the In testiinony whereof I have hereunto set I na ping, While still leaving exposed the free I my hand in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

en s of the na fibers.

2. A fabric aving a nappedsurface with EUGENIUS -H. OUTERBRIDGE.

- Witnesses:

5 a thin lutinous coating, the ends of the napped bers being free and projecting from the surface of the coating,

JOHN LOTKA), JOHN A. KEHLENBECK; 

